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Belle Corgi Speaks Out
my name is belle and i am a cardigan welsh corgi and mymommy calls me miss belle. my big long name is PACH Cheysuli’s Silver Belle, CD RE PAX2 MXP5 MJP6 XFP EAC EJC CGC. i used to post on … Continue reading
Beagles, Horse, Snow, and Tracking…the Happies
It’s 10am Christmas morning, which is a whole lot later than this day started. Not because I have eager kids in the house, but because today was my chance to run a certification track with Dart Beagle. In order to … Continue reading
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Tagged Belle, ConneryBeagle, Dart Beagle, dogs, Duncan, weather
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Post for a Retired Agility Princess
You know, when I started last Monday’s blog, I had no intention of writing about Belle Cardigan. In fact, I had a little video of Dart I wanted to put up. Anyway, as with books, sometimes blogs have a mind … Continue reading
Running on Empty
It turns out that if you’re massively overworked and you don’t back off before an agility trial, you just may not be at your best. At the point this becomes evident, the best you can do is make sure the … Continue reading
Best Laid Plans
I had planned to run a three-day AKC trial this weekend. I had planned to play with Belle in Jumpers for PACH points, and for Double-Qs and MACH points with Connery, and practice whatever short course pieces that Dart could … Continue reading
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Pill Bug Belle
If dogs could fingerpaint on the walls, mine would be doing it. Also, channel surfing and throwing themselves around in dramatic postures. DOGS: We’re BORED. Yes, we have cabin fever. We have it BAD. Between the storm days and the … Continue reading
Beagle Reunion
Back in the day–okay, until two years ago–I lived in northern Arizona. Then, there were two Beagle handlers in the whole state (okay, face it, in AZ, NM, and Nevada)–me in Flagstaff, and my friend three hours away in Phoenix. … Continue reading
In Which Belle Cardigan Corgi Gets Cracked
Belle is due for a bit of pampering after earning that PAX2, don’t you think? Actually, she’s due for a bit of pampering all along. After the partial paralyzation and recovery, she’s permanently weak in her right hindquarter–it’s subtle, but … Continue reading
Trials, Tribulations, and Celebrations (without cake)
Trialing the weekend before this last was…intense. Exhaustion and fried nerves/cracked tooth are not a good recipe for a focused handler; the dogs did well, but it was in spite of me. Connery finished his just-started Novice FAST title (the … Continue reading
Three Days of Trialing
Agility people take “trials” and “trialing” so for granted that it sometimes surprises me when I mention “I have a trial this weekend,” and people become concerned that I’m tangled in some legal issue. No, no. It means packing up … Continue reading